1900 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Rappahannock District, Sheet 13
Dwelling 227, Household 227
Croxton, Drury, white, male, born April 1866, 34, married 16 years, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, shoe maker, 0 months not employed, cannot read or write, speaks English, rents house, 219 on farm schedule
Croxton, Columbia, wife, white, female, born March 1872, 28, married 16 years, mother of 5 children of whom 5 survive, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, can read and write, speaks English
Croxton, Laura B, daughter, white, female, born August 1884, 16, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, day laborer, 0 months not employed, can read and write, speaks English
Croxton, Clara H., daughter, white, female, born December 1887, 13, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, day laborer, 0 months not employed, can read and write, speaks English
Croxton, Robert L., son, white, male, born September 1890, 9, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, cannot read or write, speaks English
Croxton, Virgie M, daughter, white, female, born May 1895, 5, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, cannot read or write, speaks English
Croxton, Allice M., daughter, white, female, born September 1897, 2, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, cannot read or write, does not speak English

Joseph Davis married L. B. Croxton on 10 August 1905 in Essex County, Virginia. He was 33, widowed, born in Essex County and residing there. She was 24, single, born in Essex County and residing there. Parents were Samuel Davis and F. C. Dunn, and Drury Croxton and C. H. Stevens. Joseph was a farmer. Joseph Lewis performed the ceremony. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 158, line 31.]

1910 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Enumeration District 40, Rappahannock District, on Ozeana Road, Dwelling 23, Family 23
Davis, Joseph, head, male, white, age 37, second marriage, married 4 years, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on general farm, can read and write, owns farm, mortgaged, farm schedule 20
Davis, Laura B., wife, female, white, age 25, first marriage, 3 children born, 3 children living, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
Davis, Grayson, son, male, white, age 15, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Lilian, daughter, female, white, age 13, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Harold, son, male, white, age 11, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Roland, son, male, white, age 9, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Pearl, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, cannot read or write, not in school
Davis, Allie, son, male, white, age 3, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Davis, Warren, son, male, white, age 2, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Davis, Ryland, son, male, white, age 4/12, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation

On 30 January 1919, Laura Davis died in Rappahannock District, Essex County. She was female; white; married; born 14 August 1893 [sic]; age 35 years, 5 months, 16 days; occupation housewife; born in Essex County, Virginia; father was D. C. Croxton, who was born in King and Queen County, Virginia; mother was Ada Sevins, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; informant was Joseph Davis of Center Cross, Virginia; attended from 15 January to 30 January 1919; death occurred at 6 a.m.; cause of death phtisis pulmonalis, duration three years; burial at Leventon [sic] Church on 31 January 1919. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 1219.]

Irene Louise Kopp Moore said that family history says that Laura Bell Croxton was adopted. Pearl Irene Davis Kopp confirmed this on 26 December 1991, but it was difficult to determine from her just what the relationship was. She called Laura Bell’s brothers and sisters in her family half-brothers and half-sisters. She said that Laura Bell’s surname was not Croxton, but that that was the only name she used. On 25 November 2005, her daughter Virginia confirmed this, and said that Laura Bell had been born in the Norfolk area. Ryland Davis, however, strong disagreed with th suggestion that Laura was adopted. In 1941, a delayed certificate of birth for her son Allie Christian Davis gave her birthplace as Ino, in King and Queen County.